Deep Sleep Mode alternator versus trickle charger.

[tekoontz]

I often don’t drive my 2025 Sport for over a week.
It then goes into Deep Sleep Mode.
What are the pros and cons of using a trickle charger versus driving it so it uses the alternate to charge the battery ?

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[Chiefthepup]

Pros is your not putting miles on it or using gas purely to charge the battery

cons is if your battery is as low as you say, it’ll take a long time to bring to 100% with a 2 amp trickle charger.

i permanently installed the noco genius 2d due to my drive to work being only 12 minutes which isn’t enough drive time to get battery to charge a meaningful amount. I plug it in 2 nights a week or so.

 

[tekoontz]

Pros is your not putting miles on it or using gas purely to charge the battery

cons is if your battery is as low as you say, it’ll take a long time to bring to 100% with a 2 amp trickle charger.

i permanently installed the noco genius 2d due to my drive to work being only 12 minutes which isn’t enough drive time to get battery to charge a meaningful amount. I plug it in 2 nights a week or so.

Thanks for the good information.
Good to see I’m not the only one with what I call a big problem.
I have a 5 amp trickle charger and I installed a quick connect cable.
I just charged the battery today.
It took 6 hours.

 

[tekoontz]

 

[Chiefthepup]

I went a little over board with my permanent install lol. I routed a power cord along the interior trim. from engine bay through interior out bottom of cargo area to rear bumper

https://www.broncosportforum.com/forum/threads/what-did-you-do-to-your-bronco-sport-today.1762/post-183309

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